The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Yorick

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"Shakespeare, wait up," Zach calls. I turn and see him jogging up to me. "How'd it

go?"

He hands me a sandwich which is great because I completely missed lunch and I'm starved. "Not great. They were going to kick me out until I told them that Cyra is my fated mate."

"Is she going to be okay that they know?" he asks.

"Don't know. But it couldn't be helped. Thad wouldn't have killed that little shit if she wasn't. And like I pointed out to Alpha Leo, if they were doing their job like they should be, our group wouldn't have been attacked two days in a row right in front of them.

*I'm guessing he didn't like hearing that," he says.

"No, he didn't. But the others were at least cool about it. Alpha Nevaeh took responsibility and Warrior Soren talked about staying closer to the match to keep watch over it," I say.

He looks over at me. "And you don't think that's going to be enough?" he asks, catching the change in my voice.

"Let me ask you something. What did you think of the skill set of the guy I killed?"

He looks at me. "He was weak, weaker than I'd expect for someone admitted to the Warrior Academy. Why?"

"I don't know, but it doesn't make sense. How does someone like that get into this Academy when they must have hundreds, maybe thousands of applications every year. You can't tell me he was the best candidate of all the applicants. Any one of my three underage sisters could have taken that guy down."

"You think someone got paid off to admit him?" Zach asks.

I stop as we get close to the classrooms.

"Alpha Leo runs this school, right? He's the head instructor, and he's standing by letting that asshole take out Cyra's knee, a potentially Academy ending injury. He should have intervened before Thad did. And he was the only one who didn't accept any responsibility for that guy's death or what happened. The others did. Something just feels off with him. He almost seemed aggravated that he couldn't eject me from the school."

"Well, you did make him look bad, like he has zero control over anything going on. I mean first Cyra's knee and then you killed that guy, all while he was just standing there picking his nose. But I agree with you. You'd think someone like that would have a better handle on what's going on, especially early on in the year."

We start walking again, needing to get to class. I don't want to give Alpha Leo any more fuel to try and kick me out.

"Are you going to see her after class?" he asks as we walk in. I glance at Megan but ignore her, walking over to sit with our friends.

"As soon as classes are done, I'm heading over."

"Mind if we come see her?" Zach asks as we join the others.

"I'm sure she'd love that. She'll probably be out of it though," I tell him.

"That's okay. At least she'll know we were there, Piper says.

"Are you planning to sleep in her room?" Zach'asks.

"Absolutely

you some dinner. Maybe we

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Maybe she'll be up for eating by then too,"

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as my incentive to focus. But the few hours away from her are some of the slowest

as I walk in, I see

"How is she?"

but you can go

I say, turning toward her

your fated

that important for some

dead student. It also means I won't try to kick you out of her

go see my mate before the doctor can stop me again. I

safe.

breathing, making sure her lungs sound clear. I listen to her heart beat which is beating steady and strong. Thad finally settles

quietly pull up a chair and sit beside her, taking her

came through everything well, Cyra. I know you're still sleeping, but if you're awake Rina and healing Cyra like Dr. Johnston suspects, I wanted you to know, too. Hopefully, you aren't feeling too exhausted, Rina. But we're here now

kissing it gently before putting it back on the bed beside her. I need to touch her, to be close to her but I don't want to

on the bed beside her, just listening

know, I feel her

my eyes, taking

"Hey, beautiful," I say.

yourself, what are you

stand up so I can brush some hair out of her

I be?" I ask, tucking

"At dinner, maybe?"

has already passed. I wonder if the others came by and left. Just as the thought

she says, nodding on the wall opposite Cyra's bed. I

better than when I

Is Rina awake?"

says thanks for sitting with her, it did make

pushes forward. "Any time, my mate." Then he

Cyra flinch at Thad's use of the

Dr. Johnston says, pulling the blankets aside and

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down and the bruises aren't as dark as they

doctor,"

Rina," the doctor tells her. "Now that my mates are here and Cyra is healing, I'll

and then in the morning if all continues to progress well, I'll release you,